Delhi government on Thursday constituted a committee headed by chief secretary Rakesh Mehta to coordinate efforts of various departments for the upkeep and maintenance of newly-created assets for the Commonwealth Games.

The chill in the capital continued to be on the rise with the minimum temperature on Thursday being recorded at 15 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature, recorded at 30.2º Celsius, is likely to come down further in the next couple of days. The chill factor in the outer areas of the city and some localities in the districts around Delhi was higher than that of the main city areas.

A young man was killed and his friend seriously injured when they intervened in a fight between four other men. The incident was reported at Shakarpur in east Delhi on Wednesday night. Three persons have been arrested in this connection.

The Centre on Thursday decided not to file any case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and activist Arundhati Roy for purportedly giving “hate speeches” at a seminar held here last week.

After he lands in New Delhi on November 7, US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama will be visiting Humayun’s Tomb, the 450-year-old monument which is also a world heritage site. While the tomb has itself been restored in July and August this year and has been fully illuminated, the Archaeological Survey of India said that no special preparations were being planned for the occasion.

Barack Obama’s itinerary in Mumbai and to a lesser extent New Delhi resembles a CEO’s than a visiting head of state.
The major focus of his engagements in Mumbai will be his message on economics, on increasing exports, supporting jobs in the US, and commercial deals that he hopes will be clinched by the time he lands in the city.

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday stated that the Congress will move a privilege motion against Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the then finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal for misleading the House.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan on Wednesday sought the Attorney General’s view on the question whether the NCT government has the power to issue direction to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to put on hold its decision on approved tariff for the year 2010-2011.

After hearing a petition of a retired professor seeking direction for action against striking Delhi University teachers, a division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi HC Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan on Wednesday issued notice to DU and Duta and sought replies from them by Friday.

An engineering student Nikesh, 17, and his friend Yash, 14, were kidnapped by five persons, who demanded `1.5 crores ransom and murdered them in the fear of getting caught.